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Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), Brand, A.D. (author), Sebastian, A.G. (author), Nillesen, A.L. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author)In 2008, Hurricane Ike devastated Bolivar Peninsula, narrowly missing the more heavily industrialized and populated areas in the region. In the aftermath of the hurricane, the Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center at Rice University in Houston, and Texas A&M University in Galveston (TAMUG) led...book 2015
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Schwarz, C. (author)Switzerland is exposed to earthquakes and has a high vulnerability and high losses endangered. The available seismic risk models are not sufficient and therefore the development has to go towards a new Swiss national seismic risk model. The model developed is an end-to-end calculation from the initial hazard to the final loss. It contains a...master thesis 2015
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Scholten, F.J.M. (author)Toepassing importance sampling op credit risk probleem met onafhankelijke schuldenaren.bachelor thesis 2015
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FEI Tianqi, T. (author)Global trade needs effective supply chains to ensure global sourcing at cost-effective rates and to position their products on international markets. Global Supply chains involve complex systems and multiple stakeholders among countries and organizations. In addition it requires high visibility and transparency in information flow. Compliance...master thesis 2015
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Morales Velasquez, S. (author)Multiple frameworks and procedures are used in organizations to analyse and assess risks in the most efficient way possible. COBIT, COSO or ISO as some of the most popular frameworks used to evaluate enterprise threats, but each of them offer an independent view on risks that are not the best solution for chains or well stablished organization...master thesis 2015
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Bhatt, K. (author)To an observer, it might appear that anchor handling is a fairly simple straightforward and profit making business. However, with deep-water drilling and fluctuations in price of oil, the operation is becoming riskier than ever before. Besides, operational and environmental constraints, the crew also has to deal with pressures of time and money....master thesis 2015
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Liu, S. (author)This thesis contributed to the literature analyzing the functioning of deregulated wholesale electricity markets. In particular, it focused on the empirical analysis of ex-post forward risk premium in the Spanish electricity market. It aimed to investigate the risk drivers behind the forward risk premium, and therefore to gain insights about...master thesis 2015
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Tempel, K.S. (author)Large investments in renewable energy lead to new possibilities for industries. Such technologically and economically sound projects can be limited by non-optimal ownership settings. The Risk Ownership Assessment(ROA) is developed to integrate the ownership aspect with the technical system. ROA compares different ownership configurations with...master thesis 2015
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Lin, Y.T. (author)Recognizing that climate risk is a real threat to the environment and society, spatial planning plays a key role in developing adaptation policy responses as well as in integrating the territorial or spatial impacts of governmental sectoral policies. Planning for adaptation through policy intervention will speed up the implementation of climate...conference paper 2015
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Wieringa, S.H.P. (author)Mass events are becoming more popular worldwide, with rising visitor numbers as an effect. The accommodation of larger crowds in the public urban space is not met with the available road capacity. The question is how to maintain crowd safety while continuing to organize massive festivities in the public urban space. Therefore, research has been...master thesis 2015
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Jonkman, S.N. (author), Schweckendiek, T. (author)Failure of flood defences during extreme events can lead to enormous damage and loss of life. This paper presents lessons learned from investigations of flood events over recent years, including the 2005 flooding in New Orleans, USA, caused by hurricane Katrina. Based on these findings, new developments in the field of research, design and...journal article 2015
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Draisma, R.M. (author)The four blast furnace blowers at Tata Steel IJmuiden are essential for the operation of the blast furnaces. The blast blowers are steam turbines that drive large air compressors, with a power up to 37MW. In the last four years the blast blowers have suffered from a higher unplanned downtime than is acceptable for the company. This situation...master thesis 2015
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Boers, W. (author)Aim of this graduation project is to improve the resilience of the Broad Channel Community against future storm surge. The design of the Broad Channel Resilience Center strengthens the community by adding social functions, educates and forms consensus for resilient living and serves a relief function after a storm surge.master thesis 2015
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Lendering, K.T. (author)Historically the Netherlands have always had to deal with the threat of flooding, both from the rivers and the sea as well as from heavy rainfall. The country consists of a large amount of polders, which are low lying areas of land protected from flooding by embankments. These polders require an extensive water storage and drainage system to...report 2015
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Grinsted, A. (author), Jevrejeva, S. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Dahl-Jensen, D. (author)Sea level rise poses a significant threat to coastal communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Sea level rise is not uniform globally but is affected by a range of regional factors. In this study, we calculate regional projections of 21st century sea level rise in northern Europe, focusing on the British Isles, the Baltic Sea, and the North...journal article 2015
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Gijon, A. (author), Kala, Y. (author), Monteban, D. (author), Sasikumar, A. (author), Songy, G. (author)Voorne-Putten is an island located in the delta region of the Netherlands. The island is surrounded by a dike ring which consists of dikes, dunes, and hydraulic structures. The flood risk in Voorne-Putten was assessed to be unacceptable according to the measure of local individual risk. The maximum allowable local individual risk in the...student report 2015
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Dulfer, C.E. (author)The Ecostress project has the intention to develop systems and methodologies to observe changes in urban coastal areas. Within this project, the Wadden Sea is taken as a pilot area. The goal is to produce tools to assess human, social and environmental impacts, such as the spatial risk and socio-environmental impacts of coastal urbanization. One...master thesis 2015
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Suijkens, Sven (author)The global economical losses caused by flooding have increased over the last 50 years (IPCC, 2014; UNISDR, 2013). Deltares and HKV are developing new methods to quantify flood risk on a global scale. A Flood Risk Assessment Tool (FIAT) is used to performcalculations. The definition of risk is hazard x exposure x vulnerability. FIAT is able to...bachelor thesis 2015